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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 8 – The Seven Trumpets
then we may suppose that this refers to

those portions of the empire that abounded in

rivers and streams, and more particularly

those in which the rivers and streams had

their origin; for the effect was permanently in

the ‘fountains of waters.’ As a matter of fact,

the principal operations of Attila were on the

regions of the Alps, and on the portions of the

empire whence the rivers flow down into

Italy. The invasion of Attila is described by Mr.

Gibbon in this general language: ‘The whole

breadth of Europe, as it extends above five

hundred miles from the Euxine to the Adriatic,

was at once invaded, and occupied, and

desolated, by the myriads of barbarians whom

Attila led into the field.’”

“And the Name of the Star is called

Wormwood [denoting the bitter